Fleeced ribbed web.



-No. 881,494. i PATENTED MAR. l0, 1908.

' R. W. SCOTT.

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ROBERT W. SCOTT, OF LEEDS POINT, NEWJERSEY, ASSIGrNOR OF ONEHALFTO LOUISA N. D.

. i Y. WILLIAMS, OF OGONTZ, PENNSYLVANIA.

' FLEECED RIBBED WEB.

Patented March 10, 1908.

Application filed. July 12, 1906. Serial No. 325,838.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it' known that I, ROBERT W. Sco'rT, a citizen of the United States, residing in Leeds Point, Atlantic county, New Jersey, have invented certain Improvements in Fleeced Ribbed Webs, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to so combine a fleecin yarn with a ribbed knitted web that said leecing yarn, while confined to the web, will not be interlaced with or engaged by any of the wales of said web, but Will be exposed throughout its entire length to the brushing action whereby the yarn is leeced. This obj ect I attain by securing the i fleecing yarn in place by means of a tying ,yarn whlch engages with said fleecmg yarn and also with wales of one or `both faces of the ribbed knitted web.

The accompanying drawing shows an exaggerated view of a piece of ribbed knitted web, illustrating dilferent methods of securmg a iieecing yarn thereto in accordance with my invention.

In the drawing, a may represent the wales of stitches drawn by the cylinder needles of the machine, and b the wales of stitches drawn by the dial needles, the fleecing yarn @c lying exposed upon that face of the fabric to which these dial or rib needle stitches are drawn- The t ing yarn is represented at y, and in that embodiment of my invention indicated at c said tying yarn engages with each of the wales a and b and passes around the iieecing yarn between each of said Wales a and b. The fleecing yarnfmay thus be combined with the knitted web by laying it behind the stitches of the dial needles and in front of the cylinder needles, but casting it from the latter when the loops of tying yarn are drawn, so that it will lie behind said" hind said dial needles and between the face wales and rib wales of the web.

The method of securing the fleecing yarn shown at f is similar to that shown at d except that the tying yarn engages with every other face wale c of the web instead of with every -wale a of the same, this method of attachment being effected by drawing loops of tying yarn on every alternate cylinder needle instead of on each cylinder needle.

In that embodiment of my invention shown at g, the tying yarn engages with wales a of the fabric in the manner before described, but passes outside of the dial needle wales b instead of inside of the same, this disposal of the tying yarn being due to the fact that it is laid behind the dial needle stitches instead of being fed to the dial needles or laid between the dial needle stitches and cylinder needle stitches as in the methods previously described.

By'thus freeing the iieecingyarn from direct engagement with any ofthe wales of the knitted web, said yarn is exposed throu hout its length to the action of the brushing mechanism whereby it is fleeced, and a closer and fuller iieece than usual can be produced, for where the leecing yarn engages with the wales of the web these engaging portions are not acted upon, or are only slightly acted upon, by the brushing mechanism, and hence do not contribute their share to the formation of the fleece. the iieecing yarn is of a character different from that of which the ribbed web is composed, said fleecing yarn is not exposed upon the face of the fabric, and does not detractfrom the uniform appearance of the same.

I claim :-F

1. Aribbed knitted fabric having alle ecing yarn lying on one face of the same and secured to the ribbed web by means of a tying yarn engaging said ileecing yarn and also engaging wales of the ribbed web.

2. A ribbed knitted fabric having a ileecing yarn lying on one face of the same and secured to the ribbed web by means of a tying yarn engaging said fleecing yarn and also engaging wa es of both faces of the ribbed web.

3. A ribbed knitted fabric having a fleecing yarn lying on one face of the same and secured to the ribbed web by means of a tying yarn engaging said fleecing yarn and also enga ing each Wale of one face of the ribbed In testimony whereof, I have signed niy We naine to this specification, in the presence of 10 4. A ribbed knitted fabric having a fieeotwo subscribing Witnesses.

' ing yarn lying on one face of the saine and se- ROBERT SCOTT cured to the ribbed web by means of a tying yarn engaging said fleeeing yarn and also en Witnesses:

gaing each Wale of each face of the ribbecl HAMILTON D. TURNER, We 1 KATE A. BEADLE. 

